In 1984, NASA and the FAA deliberately crashed a remotely controlled Boeing 720 to test technologies that might help passengers and crew survive

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Inside a fully operational wind-up friar from the mid 1500s. The 16 inch automaton walks, beats its chest, raises a rosary to its lips, shifts its eyes, opens its mouth, and turns its head.

u/pattebrisee — 2 days ago
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A couple found this buried nearly two feet under their San Francisco backyard

It weighs about 150 pounds. Nobody knows who carved it or why it was buried there.

u/pattebrisee — 3 days ago
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There are giant faceless babies crawling up a TV tower in Prague

u/pattebrisee — 7 days ago

Richmond International Airport just unveiled this 24 foot dogwood tree with three giant hummingbirds as its first public art installation

u/pattebrisee — 7 days ago

James Webb’s new image of the Lion Nebula, a 2.6 light year wide shell of gas and dust sculpted by the remains of a dying star

u/pattebrisee — 9 days ago
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Drone footage captures what researchers believe is the first complete humpback whale birth ever filmed from the air

u/pattebrisee — 13 days ago
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NOAA recovered this 5inch fossil shark tooth from the deep Pacific. Teeth this large likely belonged to megalodons, extinct for more than 3 million years.

u/pattebrisee — 16 days ago

Mechanical Galleon, a gilded-brass automaton made c. 1585 that rolled across banquet tables, played music, and fired miniature cannons [3354 × 4538] [OS]

u/pattebrisee — 17 days ago